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<ol>
<li>Charcoal Gray | Hex #121212</li>
<li>Dark Slate Gray | Hex: #191919</li>
<li>Outer Space | Hex: #252525</li>
<li>Rich Black | Hex: #0A0A0A</li>
<li>Coffee Bean | Hex: #1B1B1B</li>
<li>Dark Gray | Hex: #212427</li>
<li>Oil Black | Hex: #0C0C0C</li>
<li>Obsidian | Hex: #0B1215</li>
<li>Ebony | Hex: #222428</li>
<li>Black Chocolate | Hex: #100D08</li>
<li>Gunmetal | Hex: #1D1F21</li>
<li>Smoky Black | Hex: #101720</li>
<li>Oxford Blue | Hex: #212A37</li>
<li>Eerie Black | Hex: #232023</li>
<li>Jet Black | Hex: #161618</li>
<li>Iridium | Hex: #181818</li>
<li>Arsenic | Hex: #11181C</li>
<li>Charleston Green | Hex: #212124</li>
<li>Dark Gunmetal | Hex: #222428</li>
<li>Jet | Hex: #2A2A2A</li>
<li>Black Olive | Hex: #242526</li>
<li>Midnight Blue | Hex: #212121</li>
</ol>
This information is sourced from the article ‘<a href="https://uxplanet.org/alternatives-to-using-pure-black-000000-for-text-and-backgrounds-54ef0e733cdb" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds</a>’.

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A curated list of alternatives to pure black for text and backgrounds, featuring various shades and their corresponding HEX codes. These alternatives can enhance readability and provide subtler aesthetic options in digital design.

Alternative Colors for Pure Black

A while back I created this color study in Codepen to find grayscale tones that “lean” towards certain colors, to help match with a predetermined color palette. <a href="https://codepen.io/joemaffei/pen/eYgjZZM" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://codepen.io/joemaffei/pen/eYgjZZM</a>

A designer told me to actually not use pure black and instead use alternatives. Glad I found this post. Thank you. 👏

What an awesome resource!! This is taking shades to an extreme.

Oh man. I love this. Black is my favorite absence of light.